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regime fighter fires a machine gun in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib on November 11, 2017 (AFP Photo/George OURFALIAN)/ Beirut (AFP) - Syrian regime forces faced fierce resistance from jihadists as they fought to capture a key airbase in the northwestern province of Idlib on Thursday, a monitor said. Russia-backed government forces on Wednesday battled their way into the Abu Duhur military airport as they pressed a weeks-long battle in the last province beyond their control. Idlib province is almost entirely held by Hayat Tahrir ...

A Turkish military armoured vehicle guards on the border line located opposite the Syrian town of Atimah, Idlib province, in this picture taken from Reyhanli, Hatay province, Turkey October 10, 2017. REUTERS/Osman Orsal/ BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - Rebels launched a counter attack against Syrian ...

Israeli aircraft destroyed a boat moored in Gaza city early on Wednesday morning, local residents said. There were no reports of casualties. The Israeli military said aircraft had struck "military targets belonging to the Hamas terror organization's naval force" and "underground terror ...

Iran continues to comply with the terms of its nuclear deal with world powers despite the U.S. withdrawal, but could be faster and more proactive in allowing snap inspections, the U.N. atomic watchdog policing the accord said on Thursday. In its first such report since U.S. President Donald ...

North Korea has escalated its war of words with the U.S., repeating a threat on Thursday to call off the and warning that a “nuclear showdown” could instead be on the table. In a statement published by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency, the North’s vice minister of foreign ...

The Malaysian Airlines flight was blown out of the sky over conflict-wracked east Ukraine on July 17, 2014 (AFP Photo/EMMANUEL DUNAND)/ Investigators probing the 2014 downing of flight MH17 said Thursday for the first time that the missile which shot down the plane over eastern Ukraine travelled ...

EHLS trains advanced English speakers to be effective communicators and strong candidates for federal jobs through an intensive program at Georgetown University.
Scholarships available for speakers of Persian Farsi. Must be a US citizen, with a minimum of a BA/BS.
Please check the website,...

Satellite imagery shows what the CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative describes as the deployment of several new weapons systems, including a J-11 combat aircraft, at China’s base on Woody Island in the Paracels, South China Sea May 12, 2018. Courtesy CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency ...

A French couple was on Thursday found guilty of murdering their 21-year-old au-pair and then burning her body on a bonfire in their London garden in September last year. Sabrina Kouider, 35, broke into tears after she and partner Ouissem Medouni, 40, were found guilty by a jury at London's Old ...

And yet, discussion of the financial impact of some of life’s most important decisions is noticeably missing from a social media landscape that rewards effortlessness and ease. If YouTubers or Instagram influencers fall among the , they are exceptionally skilled at editing it out. Except for Aja ...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani addresses the nation in a televised speech in Tehran on May 8. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)/ Recently, my editors received a message from Iran’s permanent mission at the United Nations. Iranian officials were complaining about a minor detail in a story I ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales has apologized to Bucks player Sterling Brown for a January arrest that started with a parking violation and escalated to include the use of a stun gun, and he said some officers were disciplined. Brown, who is African-American, says the ...

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos provoked an outcry Tuesday when she said schools can choose to call Immigration and Customs Enforcement on potentially undocumented students. “I think that’s a school decision, it’s a local community decision,” DeVos told the House Education and the Workforce ...

EHLS trains advanced English speakers to be effective communicators and strong candidates for federal jobs through an intensive program at Georgetown University.
Scholarships available for speakers of Persian Farsi. Must be a US citizen, with a minimum of a BA/BS.
Please check the website,...

EHLS trains advanced English speakers to be effective communicators and strong candidates for federal jobs through an intensive program at Georgetown University.
Scholarships available for speakers of Persian Farsi. Must be a US citizen, with a minimum of a BA/BS.
Please check the website,...